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9 - INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

Income tax provision is summarized as follows:

		Year Ended December 31,
		2017				2016
Current:
Federal		$	-			$	-
Foreign			2,000				18,000
State			3,000				2,000
			5,000				20,000
Deferred:
Federal			1,494,000				(955,000	)
State			55,000				(265,000	)
Increase in valuation allowance			(1,549,000	)			1,220,000
			-				-
Income tax provision		$	5,000			$	20,000

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

The actual income tax provision differs from the “expected” tax computed by applying the Federal corporate tax rate of 34% to the loss before income taxes as follows:

		Year Ended December 31,
		2017				2016
“Expected” income tax benefit		$	234,000			$	(1,059,000	)
State tax expense, net of Federal benefit			2,000				1,000
Foreign loss			4,000				6,000
Increase in valuation allowance			(1,549,000	)			1,220,000
Foreign tax expense			(1,000	)			18,000
Tax rate change			1,264,000				-
Other			51,000				(166,000	)
Income tax provision		$	5,000			$	20,000

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

The tax effects of temporary differences which give rise to significant portions of the deferred taxes are summarized as follows:

		December 31,
		2017				2016
Deferred tax assets:
Inventory reserves		$	2,341,000			$	3,657,000
Section 263a adjustment			47,000				69,000
Allowances for bad debts and returns			12,000				21,000
Accrued expenses			19,000				29,000
Asset valuation reserve			426,000				542,000
Net operating loss carry forwards			307,000				521,000
Other			71,000				96,000
Total deferred tax assets			3,223,000				4,935,000
Valuation allowance			(3,018,000	)			(4,585,000	)
			205,000				350,000
Deferred tax liabilities:
Deferred state taxes			(205,000	)			(350,000	)
Net deferred tax assets		$	-			$	-

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Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets.

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Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation using percentage or dollar amounts of the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the year to the amount of income tax expense that would result from applying domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations.

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